Star WASP-84

Orange star WASP-84 is located 327 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class K0, that has 84 % of solar mass. There are multiple known exoplanets in this system.

WASP-84

Orange star

Spectral class: K0

Location

Right ascension: 8h 44m 25.682s

Declination: 1° 51' 35.6'' (equatorial region)

Parallax: 9.964

Sun distance: 327.347 ly | 100.4 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 84.2 % M Sun

Size: 75 % R Sun

Temperature: 5314 K | 0.92 T Sun

Age: 1 billions years | 0.22 Sun

Photometry

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

WASP-84 system structure


WASP-84
	WASP-84 c	0.02 AU	15.2 M⊕	2 R⊕	1.4 days
	WASP-84 b	0.08 AU	220 M⊕	10.7 R⊕	8.5 days

More about WASP-84

Star WASP-84 is approximately 70 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 5314 K (5041 °C), which is about 92 % of Sun's temperature.

       WASP-84 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope.

Other designations of this star
2MASS J08442570+0151361, Gaia DR3 3078836109158636928

External sources

A hot super-Earth planet in the WASP-84 planetary system

Scientific study, Accepted: 16. 05. 2023

Gaia database (Gaia DR3 3078836109158636928)

Archive from the Gaia mission

TESS database (TOI 2548.01)

Archive from the TESS mission

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